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Claude-Benigne Balbastre - Music for Harpsichord (2 CDs), Elizabeth Farr - harpsichord

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Elizabeth Farr - harpsichord - Claude-Benigne Balbastre - Music for Harpsichord (2 CDs)

Артист:	Elizabeth Farr - harpsichord
Альбом:	Claude-Benigne Balbastre - Music for Harpsichord (2 CDs), 2010
Издатель:	Naxos / 8.572034-35
Жанр:	Classical
Формат файла:	EAC / FLAC / CUE / LOG
Ссылка:	CD
Нахождение:	Torrent

Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727 - 1799)

Music for Harpsichord

Label: Naxos, 8.572034-35
Year: 2010

Performer:

Elizabeth Farr - harpsichord

Tracklist:

Disc 1
Balbastre, Claude-Benigne
Pieces de clavecin, Book 1

1. La de Caze 00:05:54
2. La d'Hericourt 00:06:04
3. La Segur 00:04:54
4. La Monmartel ou La Brunoys 00:03:31
5. La Boullongne 00:07:57
6. La Castelmore 00:04:43
7. La Courteille 00:04:07
8. Le Ballaud 00:02:49

Livre contenant des pieces de different genre d'orgue et de clavecin (excerpts)
9. Sonata No. 5 in G major 00:04:57
10. Gavotte Rondeau in G minor 00:03:32
11. Sonata in G major 00:04:07

12. La d'Esclignac 00:06:08

Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Balbastre, Claude-Benigne, arranger(s)
Pygmalion (arr. C.-B. Balbastre for keyboard) (excerpts)
13. Ouverture 00:06:10
14. Pantomime 00:02:29
15. Giga 00:03:43
16. Contredanse 00:02:09

Disc 2
Balbastre, Claude-Benigne
Pieces de clavecin, Book 1
1. La Lamarck 00:05:52
2. La Berville 00:04:54
3. La Lugeac 00:04:05
4. La Suzanne 00:04:49
5. La Genty 00:05:25
6. La Malesherbe 00:06:59
7. La Berryer ou La Lamoignon 00:03:43
8. La Laporte 00:03:54
9. La Morisseau 00:06:22

Livre contenant des pieces de different genre d'orgue et de clavecin (excerpts)
10. Sonata No. 2 in F major 00:04:41
11. Menuet I and II in A major - A minor 00:04:20
12. Sonata in F major, "Coucou" 00:04:01
13. Badine in A major 00:01:59
14. Sonata No. 6 in F major 00:03:30

15. Prelude 00:03:05
16. Marche des Marseillais et l'air Ca ira 00:06:38

Total Playing Time: 02:27:31

A celebrated keyboardist and composer under the ancien regime, Claude-Benigne Balbastre survived the French Revolution only to die in poverty a decade later. His multifaceted musical legacy continued the strong tradition of French harpsichord music while embracing the innovations of Italian music, such as those of Scarlatti, and fashionable new styles which emerged for the salon. Completely charming and tuneful, his keyboard works are well served by the stunning Keith Hill instrument chosen for this recording. Other highly-acclaimed recordings featuring Elizabeth Farr are also available on Naxos.

Claude-Benigne Balbastre moved in royal circles as a popular performer and composer, a financially well endowed lifestyle that ended with the French Revolution. He was spared execution for his bourgeoise connections due, in some measure, to his daughter’s marriage to an influential revolutionary. A pupil of Rameau, he lived a lengthy life, dying in 1799 at the age of seventy-two, though it was in a state of poverty. His legacy was a sizable catalogue of works mainly for the harpsichord or organ, among them the first book of Pieces de clavecin, a collection of seventeen musical pictures of personalities from the era. It seems that much of his inspiration came from Scarlatti, particularly in the left-hand passages with powerful rising octave scales. Many pictures are lyric, but most are robust and often expressed in dance rhythms that bring a sense of unbridled joy. The exceedingly informative booklet details those pictured therein. To complement this extensive score-as long as two Brahms symphonies-Elizabeth Farr selects eight of the works specifically listed for harpsichord in the 1749 edition of Livre contenant des pieces de different genre d’orgue et de clavecin. Five carry the title sonata, though just contain one short movement, and are interspersed with dances, the two Minuets being particularly attractive. The remaining major item is an arrangement of four movements from Rameau’s opera, Pygmalion, the central section of the overture providing a major challenge to any performer. The disc ends with Balbastre’s peace-offering to the Revolution, Marche des Marseillois et l’air Ca-ira, the ‘national anthem’ being stated and followed by variations. I have previously commented on the clarity and boldness of the playing of the American organist and harpsichordist, Elizabeth Farr, and here she owes much to the use of a massive instrument made by Keith Hill containing one 16’, two 8’, one 4’ stop. There is some movement of focus on the instrument probably from differing sessions, but the recording conveys its elemental power. A must for all harpsichord collections.

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